If you are wanting to learn more about forgiveness, try reading the Book of Forgiving by Desmond and Mpho Tutu. It will change your whole perspective on forgiving.

From reading personal accounts of the Tutu family and others it is very clear that there is no distance between this wisdom and what has been experienced firsthand. The Archbishop Emeritus offers wisdom that stems from immense knowledge and experiences derived from his humanitarian work and heading the TRC. The Book of Forgiving offers insight for every plight and throughout this process of forgiveness, the reader is in good, gentle hands.

The Book of Forgiving is a beautifully distilled book, full of moving personal story, convincing theory, challenging practical exercise and deep spirituality. I would highly recommend it for anyone – because we all carry the scars of pain that we have either caused or been a victim of. We all need hope and we all need forgiveness.

The Book of Forgiving states that numerous scientific studies indicate that forgiveness training has been shown to reduce depression, increase hopefulness, decrease anger, improve spiritual connection and increase emotional self-confidence.

Each of us has a deep need to forgive and to be forgiven. After much reflection on the process of forgiveness, Tutu has seen that there are four important steps to healing: Admitting the wrong and acknowledging the harm; Telling one's story and witnessing the anguish; Asking for forgiveness and granting forgiveness; and renewing or releasing the relationship. Forgiveness is hard work. Sometimes it even feels like an impossible task. But it is only through walking this fourfold path that Tutu says we can free ourselves of the endless and unyielding cycle of pain and retribution. The Book of Forgiving is both a touchstone and a tool, offering Tutu's wise advice and showing the way to experience forgiveness. Ultimately, forgiving is the only means we have to heal ourselves and our aching world.

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These are the questions posed by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Desmond Tutu and his daughter Reverend Mpho Tutu in The Book of Forgiving: The Four-Fold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World (HarperOne/March 2013) . Using real examples from their own lives and those of others around the globe, this father and daughter offer a roadmap – a unique and practical guide that we can all apply to our own lives.

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Each of us has a deep need to forgive and to be forgiven. After much reflection on the process of forgiveness, Tutu has seen that there are four important steps to healing: Admitting the wrong and acknowledging the harm; Telling one's story and witnessing the anguish; Asking for forgiveness and granting forgiveness; and renewing or releasing the relationship. Forgiveness is hard work. Sometimes it even feels like an impossible task. But it is only through walking this fourfold path that Tutu says we can free ourselves of the endless and unyielding cycle of pain and retribution. The Book of Forgiving is both a touchstone and a tool, offering Tutu's wise advice and showing the way to experience forgiveness. Ultimately, forgiving is the only means we have to heal ourselves and our aching world. The Book of Forgiving, written together by the Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and his daughter Revd Mpho Tutu, offers a deeply personal testament and guide to the process of forgiveness. All of us have at times needed both to forgive and be forgiven - whether small, everyday harms or real traumas. But the path to forgiveness is not easy, and the process unclear. How do we let go of resentment when we have been harmed, at times irreparably? How do we forgive and still pursue justice? How do we heal our hearts? How do we heal the harm we have caused others? And how do we forgive ourselves? Drawing on his memories of reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, together with his daughter, Revd Mpho Tutu, herself an experienced teacher and preacher, offers four concrete steps along the path to forgiving and being forgiven. Each chapter contains reflections and personal stories, as well as exercises for practising each step of the path. The Book of Forgiving is a touchstone and tool for anyone seeking the freedom of forgiveness: an inspiring guide to healing ourselves and creating a more united world.

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Each of us has a deep need to forgive and to be forgiven. After much reflection on the process of forgiveness, Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu have uncovered four important steps to healing, and they share them with readers in The Book of Forgiveness.

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Neither poorly-written nor a mash-up, The Book of Forgiving is, quite simply, terrific. Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter, Reverend Mpho Tutu, have created a beautiful book that clearly illustrates why forgiveness is so important to finding peace. Each chapter contains stories, some personal, about wrongs committed and forgiveness given, as well as simple exercises and meditations to do to invite forgiveness into our lives.

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